2 ft 6 in gauge railways

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Minimum
  Fifteen inch 381 mm (15 in)
Narrow
  600 mm,
Two foot		 597 mm
600 mm
603 mm
610 mm		 (1 ft ​11 1⁄2 in)
(1 ft ​11 5⁄8 in)
(1 ft ​11 3⁄4 in)
(2 ft)
  750 mm,
Bosnian,
Two foot six inch,
800 mm		 750 mm
760 mm
762 mm
800 mm		 (2 ft ​5 1⁄2 in)
(2 ft ​5 15⁄16 in)
(2 ft 6 in)
(2 ft ​7 1⁄2 in)
  Swedish three foot,
900 mm,
Three foot		 891 mm
900 mm
914 mm		 (2 ft​11 3⁄32 in)
(2 ft ​11 7⁄16)
(3 ft)
  Metre 1,000 mm (3 ft ​3 3⁄8 in)
  Three foot six inch 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
  Four foot six inch 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in)
  Standard 1,435 mm (4 ft ​8 1⁄2 in)
Broad
  1520 mm,
Five foot		 1,520 mm
1,524 mm		 (4 ft ​11 27⁄32 in)
(5 ft)
  Five foot three inch 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
  Iberian 1,668 mm (5 ft ​5 21⁄32 in)
  Five foot six inch 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
  Six foot 1,829 mm (6 ft)
  Brunel 2,140 mm (7 ft ​1⁄4 in)
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The Barbados Railway.
The Chinese Shibanxi Railway.
Alishan Forest Railway geared Shay locomotive in Taiwan.

2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railways are narrow gauge railways with track gauge of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm). This type of rail was promoted especially in the colonies of the British Empire during the second half of the nineteenth century by Thomas Hall and Everard Calthrop.

Installations[edit]

Country/territory Railway
Afghanistan
Antigua and Barbuda
  • 80 km long sugar cane plantation network (defunct)[1]
Australia
Barbados
Brazil
Chile
China
Main article: Narrow gauge railways in China
Cyprus
Haiti
Main article: History of rail transport in Haiti
India
Iraq
Main article: Iraqi Republic Railways
Japan
Main article: 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in Japan
North Korea
Mexico
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nigeria
Pakistan
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Taiwan
United Kingdom
Main article: 2 ft 6 in gauge railways in the United Kingdom
United States
Main article: 2 ft 6 in gauge railroads in the United States

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Railways in Antigua & Barbuda
  2. ^ Preserved Narrow Gauge Steam in Mexico 2012, Part 2
  3. ^ St. Kitts Scenic Railway - official website
  4. ^ Railway History Group - Bulletin No. 118 July 2013 - The Sheba Railway

External links[edit]

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